KT Corporation has achieved multi-gigabits downlink speeds and 1 millisecond latency during the multi-vendor 5G NR interoperable testing.
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The Korean telecom operator conducted the 5G testing in Samsung’s lab in Suwon, South Korea, in association with Qualcomm Technologies.
The live, over-the-air interoperable testing demonstrated data connections operating in 3.5 GHz and 28 GHz bands, utilizing pre-commercial 5G NR base stations from Samsung and 5G NR UE prototypes from Qualcomm Technologies.
The achievement is a significant milestone on the path to standard-compliant mobile 5G NR trials starting in 2018, leading to commercial 5G NR network deployments and multimode smartphone launches anticipated in 2019.
Seo Chang-Seok, head of network strategy unit, KT, said: “KT believes that this 5G NR trial will pave the way to a launch of 5G NR networks and mobile devices, which will mark another technology breakthrough beyond the first broad-scale 5G trial services at the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games.”
Paul Kyungwhoon Cheun, head of the R&D, networks business, Samsung Electronics, said the 5G NR interoperability testing demonstrated the essential components of the 5G NR air interface.
Qualcomm will display the 5G NR interoperability at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona from February 26 through March 1.
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